Project Title: Children, children everywhere!!! (Take 2)
Grade: Algebra 2 10th/11th grade
Name: Mary Gardner
Project Idea: The schools of Craven County are overcrowded and there are too many students in one classroom. As a member of the Board of Education in New Bern, calculate the number of students currently enrolled in Craven County schools and determine if the current number of schools/classrooms is enough to educate the students of 2026. If you feel there aren't enough schools/classrooms, calculate the cheapest option to correct the problem. Create a blueprint of your proposal to present to the Board at their next meeting with all the facts and figures.
Driving Question: Are there enough schools in Craven County to educate the students enrolled during the academic year of 2025-2026?
Content:
S.ID.4 Summarize, represent, and interpret data on a single count or measurement variable. Use the mean and standard deviation of a data set to fit it to a normal distribution and to estimate population percentages. Recognize that there are data sets for which such a procedure is not appropriate.
S.IC.6 Make inferences and justify conclusions from sample surveys, experiments, and observational studies.
F.BF.1 Build a function that models a relationship between two quantities.
A.CED.1 Create equations that describe numbers or relationships using one variable.
A.CED.2 Create equations that describe numbers or relationships using two or more variables.
F.IF.8 Analyze functions using different representations.
A.SSE.4 Write expressions in equivalent forms to solve problems.
Major Student Products: Create a blueprint of a specific level school needed to accommodate the 2026 student population of Craven County.
Grade: Algebra 2 10th/11th grade
Name: Mary Gardner
Project Idea: The schools of Craven County are overcrowded and there are too many students in one classroom. As a member of the Board of Education in New Bern, calculate the number of students currently enrolled in Craven County schools and determine if the current number of schools/classrooms is enough to educate the students of 2026. If you feel there aren't enough schools/classrooms, calculate the cheapest option to correct the problem. Create a blueprint of your proposal to present to the Board at their next meeting with all the facts and figures.
Driving Question: Are there enough schools in Craven County to educate the students enrolled during the academic year of 2025-2026?
Content:
Major Student Products: Create a blueprint of a specific level school needed to accommodate the 2026 student population of Craven County.